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Earlier today, former THQ president Jason Rubin shared his perspective on 4A Games and its recent critical hit Metro: Last Light. As you might recall, the title was to be published by the now-defunct THQ and was picked up for completion and distribution by Deep Silver for $5.8 million. In his story on... More

The casualties mount for those brought over from Ubisoft's acquisition of THQ Montreal . Today Jean-Francois Bolvin, a producer on the Assassin's Creed franchise before he moved over to THQ was let go. Bolvin's departure was tweeted by friend and colleague Patrice Désilets, whose employment... More

[Update] Ubisoft has provided the following statement to Game Informer, but has declined to specifically address the status of the projects in question (1666 and Underdog). The acquisition of THQ Montréal in January allowed Ubisoft to welcome 170 experienced developers, including Patrice Désilets... More

[Update] Thanks to the official court filing, we now have additional information about how the bidding process was concluded. Nordic Games Publishing did not bid piecemeal on the IPs they eventually acquired. Rather, their accepted bid of $4.9 million was for "substantially all the IP." Given... More

The first news of the THQ intellectual property auction is trickling in. Gearbox has just announced via its forums that they have acquire the Homeworld series. The following statement was issued, and should give fans of the franchise hope. Gearbox Software has prevailed as the highest bidder in the acquisition... More

Today's THQ news revealed a little more about the company's financial dealings, but on Monday we'll be getting a full rundown of which studios have purchased THQ's remaining IPs. Where do you want to see each series end up? You can find a full rundown of which franchise were available... More

A filing submitted by THQ related to the auction of remaining assets reveals new information about how WWE and Yuke's avoided participation in the sell-off. It also discloses numbers related to the bids that have been submitted for the six lots currently available. In the lengthy document, it was... More

The ex-Vigil staff at Crytek USA may get a chance to keep working on the franchise they created in their former lives under the THQ banner. Crytek will be bidding on the Darksiders intellectual property when it goes up for sale. Crytek USA head David Adams tweeted, “Going to bid on Darksiders IP... More

There were many factors that played into the collapse of publisher THQ, but as a developer for one of the publisher's hottest properties, Saint's Row developer Volition had a unique perspective on the state of the company. While speaking with GameSpot , the Saint's Row team had a few things... More

It turns out you can go home again after all. Former Assassin's Creed creative director will return to Ubisoft via the company's acquisition of THQ Montreal. At the time of the studio's sale , it was unknown if Désilets would indeed make the move back to Ubisoft, and today Polygon... More

Metro: Last Light was originally slated to come out this month, but the game was delayed. It's understandable, considering the upheaval that surrounded the game's development, including the collapse of publisher THQ. Now its new publisher , Deep Silver, has announced that the game is coming out... More

Microsoft has announced that its new "Spring Value Bundle" for Xbox 360 has begun shipping to select U.S. retailers. The package includes two great games - Batman: Arkham City and Darksiders II. The Spring Value 360 unit also comes with a 250GB hard drive, a wireless controller, and one month... More

THQ sold off most of its larger assets with its Chapter 11 case earlier this year, but there are still a few leftover properties that THQ is ready to sell off including Darksiders, Red Faction, and Worms, among others. THQ will open up the bidding on April 1, and shut it down on April 15. There are six... More

The WWE license officially belongs to 2K. The publisher bought the rights to make WWE games from THQ, but now all the paperwork is signed, and 2K is officially the new publisher. The WWE games are still being created by Japanese developer Yukes, but starting with WWE '14, you will see some new logos... More

After the THQ implosion last month, one of the lingering questions revolved around the fate of WWE video games. According to Bloomberg , the smoke has finally cleared. Take-Two (owner of 2K and Rockstar) has purchased the rights to all future games featuring the WWE brand. The report also states that... More

THQ has officially notified the SEC that CEO Brian J. Farrell and president Jason Rubin have officially been terminated. What did this mean exactly? It means that THQ is that much closer to no longer existing. No one was holding out hope that THQ would be able to recuperate after its closure and the... More

Earlier this week, the gaming world was talking about THQ constantly, but today's news out of the bankrupt publisher is less frenzied. Maybe that's because it's the last day of work for most employees there. According to an internal memo provided to IGN , this is the last day THQ's building... More

THQ's demise is one of the biggest stories in the industry this week. As we watched many of its precious licenses and studios being sold off, we wondered about the future of some franchises. And we're not the only ones, studios are also taking notice. One independent studio, Team Pixel, wants... More

Many fans have been absolutely devastated to hear that some of THQ's franchises, such as Darksiders, MX vs. ATV, and Red Faction, have yet to find a buyer. But that doesn't mean they're out of luck. When asked about the future of franchises that weren't sold off in our interview, former... More

When THQ's assets were auctioned off, everyone was surprised that Vigil Games – creators of the lauded Darksiders series – was not picked up. According to THQ president Jason Rubin, it wasn't because of a lack of quality. He told us about a game Vigil was working on codenamed Crawler... More